Browsing: J.T. Miller

This might be the last blog post under the old format. We’re scheduled to make the switch today. Fingers crossed. Here is my Rangers’ season preview, etc.: Can consistency be fixed? GREENBURGH – You can fix things like depth, speed and skill, and it appears the Rangers have done that. You…

NEW YORK – Rangers coach Alain Vigneault promised a very competitive camp, and the Rangers most certainly delivered. It was competitive to the point where Vigneault had to scrap his original plan of having pretty much his opening-night lineup for the final preseason game against Philadelphia at the Garden Thursday.…

Islanders 3, Rangers 2 (OT). Click here for the official game summary. Click here for the official event summary. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) Tough one to watch, tough one to review. 2) You could see a lot of urgency from the bubble guys,…

Flyers 4, Rangers 3 (OT) Click here for the official game summary. Click here for the official event summary. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) The best thing you can say about these preseason games is that there are only two more of them. 2)…

Devils 5, Rangers 4. Click here for the official game summary. Click here for the official event summary. Thoughts: 1) The Rangers really had a lot of kids in the lineup, and by kids, I mean a lot of Wolf Pack players. And the lineup’s not going to be very impressive…

NEWARK — Last year was a big one for J.T. Miller, which means this coming year is even bigger. It’s bigger because Miller wants it to be, because he has embraced the idea that he is a regular now, with an important role, on a team that needs him to…

The Rangers are in Newark Saturday night to finish their preseason home-and-home with the Devils. J.T. Miller makes his preseason debut, in Pavel Buchnevich’s training camp spot on a line with Chris Kreider and Mika Zibanejad. That should be interesting. Jimmy Vesey also gets another look, on a line with…

NEW YORK – It’s a common theme for every team every training camp: Competition for jobs. Often, that’s just wishful thinking. For the deeper (not to mention faster) Rangers, it’s for real, especially among the “bottom” four forward positions. When you look at it, barring a trade or injury, the top…

GREENBURGH — Three of the Rangers’ five World Cup of Hockey players returned to practice Wednesday, raring to get in some preseason games, and motivated to begin a new season after last spring’s huge disappointment. Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh and alternate captain Derek Stepan (from Team USA, which went 0-3) and…

GREENBURGH – The Pavel Buchnevich Era – whatever that will turn out to be – starts Tuesday night at the Garden when the Rangers begin their preseason against the Islanders. The highly-skilled Buchnevich, 21, drafted in the third round in 2013, played in Russia through last season, and will make…

For all the changes the Rangers made, all the depth they’ve added, all the pledges to be better, they won’t be better if they don’t defend better. A lot better. Simple as that. And though their defensive downfall last season was a top-to-bottom fail, the poster boys were defensemen Dan…

GREENBURGH – The Rangers always go into training camp with T-shirts bearing motivational slogans. This year, though, motivation is going to be natural and aplenty. Coming off a terribly inconsistent 2015-16, and an embarrassing five-game first-round playoff loss, the Rangers opened training camp with physicals on Thursday and they hit…

I’m losing interest in the World Cup of Hockey by the minute, and the opening of Rangers training camp in Greenburgh Thursday will further erode that interest. The Rangers will undergo physicals Thursday, and Friday they’ll do on-ice testing etc. Rangers coach Alain Vigneault is scheduled to meet the media…

The World Cup of Hockey begins today with the USA-Europe game at 3 p.m. on ESPN2. Canada plays the Czech Republic tonight. For those who need to a reminder, five Rangers are competing: Ryan McDonagh and Derek Stepan (USA), Henrik Lundqvist (Sweden), Mats Zuccarello (Europe) and J.T. Miller (North America,…

From the NYR: RANGERS ANNOUNCE 2016 TRAVERSE CITY TOURNAMENT ROSTER Annual prospect tournament begins September 16 NEW YORK, August 29, 2016 – The New York Rangers have announced their roster for the 2016 Traverse City Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan. The Blueshirts are making their 10th consecutive appearance in the eight-team…

The Familiar History of Alain Vigneault By Jeff Yerger Alain Vigneault, head coach of the New York Rangers, is a man with many accolades to his name. He is a player-friendly, offensive-minded head coach who is good with the media and even better at chewing gum. As head coach of…

Two down, two to go. The Rangers signed the second of their four arbitration-bound restricted free agents Friday when they agreed to a one-year, $800,000 contract with defenseman Dylan McIlrath But, the fact that McIlrath is signed doesn’t necessarily signal a change in his status with coach Alain Vigneault, who…

The Rangers got one of their four arbitration-bound restricted free agents signed Wednesday, locking up winger J.T. Miller for two years at a reported $2.75 million per. Miller will still not be eligible for unrestricted free agency until the summer after this deal expires. Restricted free agents Chris Kreider (arbitration…

It is no surprise at all. It is the process. Four eligible Rangers filed for salary arbitration by Tuesday’s deadline: Chris Kreider, J.T. Miller, Kevin Hayes and Dylan McIlrath. What will be a surprise is if any make it to an actual arbitration hearing. The Rangers and their restricted free…

A lot of hockey stuff today. I was going to write a story on Rangers’ third-rounder Sean Day, but time ran short and there are a few other things to discuss. So I will just post the transcript of most of his interview below. There is also a video up…